hardest language in the world

Ravvy · Post by **Ravvy** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:27 pm

I am an American who learned a little German in high school, and heard Finnish spoken as a young child. I'm now trying to teach myself Finnish and find it to be very difficult, so I keep trying to make it fun and not get bogged down in all the rules. My self-created Finnish language immersion program right now consists of a couple language-learning CDs which I listen to in the car on the way to work and back, mixed with Eppu Normaali suomirock (and a little bit of Varttina folk music). So these days when I'm in the car, I hear Finnish. My bigggest problem right now is how to build a sentence that effectively communicates. I now know many words, but connecting them together in a meaningful way with all these endings is tough for me.

I can point to things and identify them in Finnish, but building a sentence that reflects my thoughts is another matter. I think Finnish is pretty darn hard!

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kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:18 pm

Mandarin, Japanese and Thai are very difficult languages :

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yamoussoukro · Post by **yamoussoukro** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:33 pm

Learning effective communication in Finnish by listening Värttinä is harder than Mandarin Chinese, I bet. They use Karelian dialect. Good music though.

podzap · Post by **podzap** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:45 pm

Ravvy wrote:mixed with Eppu Normaali suomirock (and a little bit of Varttina folk music).

Ahh, Eppu Normaali!. Now, there is some insight to the finnish psyche:

Pienessä päässä perkelet, korkkia naristaa...

Roughly translated:

"Little demons are inside my head, cracking the seal on a bottle..." (of booze)

Ravvy · Post by **Ravvy** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:12 pm

Kylla varmasti! "Murheelisten Laulujen Maa" helps me understand the Finnish national angst.

smilesalot · Post by **smilesalot** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:39 am

rokingit wrote:i have heard that finnish is one of the hardest languages in the world but what is the hardest language? is it finnish? where does finnish rank?

Actually, if it is the hardest language then perhaps i don't want to know...that would definetly be a bit discouraging I don't need any more excuses

I think Navajo is alot harder

smilesalot

Dikwíídi la oolkil? Atk' ésdisí

Eiskristall · Post by **Eiskristall** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:13 am

I have heard that Finnish is the most difficult language in Europe. Maybe so. I am German and I can tell...learning Finnish is bloody difficult but also fun. It's really unique...on kyllä ihana että opin puhumaan suomea!

t.
Eiskristall

kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:24 pm

Eiskristall

>> ...learning Finnish is bloody difficult but also fun. <<

Oletko sinä masokisti ?

Saksa on myös vaikea kieli. Sanat ovat helppoja mutta kielioppi on vaikea.

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Eiskristall · Post by **Eiskristall** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:47 pm

Kiitos!

No joo...saksakin on vaikea...ehkäpä...koska lauseasenne on vähän erikoista.

Masokisti??? Miski olisin? En ainakaan ole huomanut

For people who would like to learn Finnish I can advise to go live in a family or with friends, take a Finnish course and lend children books from the library. That's how I learnt Finnish. I think it's almost impossible to learn Finnish properly from a country other than Finland.

You have to understand Finnish culture, hear the language every day, meet Finnish people to start living in the language...

Hyvää uutta vuotta vielä...and a Happy New Year!

t.
Eiskristall

kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:18 pm

>> Hyvää uutta vuotta vielä... <<

Hyvää uutta vuotta myös sinulle !

Kätkyt · Post by **Kätkyt** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:36 pm

Finnish is hard.
House=Talo
talo
talon
taloa
talona
taloksi
talossa
talosta
taloon
talolla
talolta
talolle
-and this is only one word. You have to choose the right one.

Argan · Post by **Argan** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:05 pm

Kätkyt wrote:Finnish is hard.
House=Talo
talo
talon
taloa
talona
taloksi
talossa
talosta
taloon
talolla
talolta
talolle
-and this is only one word. You have to choose the right one.

Most of those just replace prepositions (in, on of, to, from, with) etc. Prepositions have always been the hardest part in learning new languages for me.

And remember that there is only one irregular verb in finnish. Hundreds of those in german for example.

Virginija · Post by **Virginija** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:06 am

finnish language is dificult, but lithuanian is very dificult toooooo...
house - namas
namo
namui
namą
namu
name
namai
namų
namams
namus
namais
namuose

bohica · Post by **bohica** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:33 am

Kätkyt wrote:Finnish is hard.
House=Talo
talo
talon
taloa
talona
taloksi
talossa
talosta
taloon
talolla
talolta
talolle
-and this is only one word. You have to choose the right one.

Same thing in English really, we just do it with prepositions.

talo = house
talon = house's
taloa = some of the house
talona = don't know one for this
taloksi = into/as the house
talossa = in the house
talosta = from inside the house
taloon = into the house
talolla = next to the house
talolta = from beside the house
talolle = to the side of the house

GaffiGubbi · Post by **GaffiGubbi** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:52 pm

Argan wrote:
Kätkyt wrote:Finnish is hard.
House=Talo
talo
talon
taloa
talona
taloksi
talossa
talosta
taloon
talolla
talolta
talolle
-and this is only one word. You have to choose the right one.
Most of those just replace prepositions (in, on of, to, from, with) etc. Prepositions have always been the hardest part in learning new languages for me.

And remember that there is only one irregular verb in finnish. Hundreds of those in german for example.

There are at least four irregular verbs in Finnish:

olla
nähdä
tehdä
juosta

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